Hard Work Does Not Lead to Success (Your Employer Won't Help You Reach Your Goals).
I've heard it my whole life, that you go to work for a good company, and then that company is supposed to take care of you and your career. The good paying job is there because as you look after your companies wants, they look after your wants. But I just haven't encountered it yet. When I worked at Walmart I saved them over $140,000 in shrink and made them over $150,000 selling additional items to customers that wouldn't have otherwise thought to buy the items. What did that get me? A forty cent raise. While working at my current job I've saved them over a quarter million dollar in inventory that would otherwise have been scrapped. I've put in no less then 60 hours a week for over a year and a half and never missed a second. This has also got me a forty cent raise. So no, doing a good job will not get you rewarded. It will not move you to early retirement. It just doesn't matter how much money you make someone else, they will not give y...